Women's Tennis Sweeps Matches against Yale and NIU

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – University of Notre Dame women’s tennis logged a pair of wins Sunday as the Irish hosted the Yale Bulldogs and the Northern Illinois Huskies. The Irish improved to 5-2 on the season with the wins. 

In the first match of the day, the Irish defeated Yale, 6-1 at the Eck Tennis Pavilion. Notre Dame took No. 1 and No. 3 doubles as Page Freeman and Meghan Coleman took No. 1 at 6-4, and Nibedita Ghosh and Maria Olivia Castedo took No. 3, 6-1. 

In singles play, Julia Andreach, Ghosh, Coleman and Castedo earned straight-set wins. Freeman dropped the first set before bouncing back and taking the final two to earn the point at No. 2. 

Notre Dame Fighting Irish 6, Yale 1 

Singles competition 

1. Julia Andreach (ND-W) def. Chelsea Kung (YALE) 6-4, 6-0 
2. Page Freeman (ND-W) def. Caroline Dunleavy (YALE) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 
3. Nibedita Ghosh (ND-W) def. Jessie Gong (YALE) 6-0, 6-4 
4. Mirabelle Brettkelly (YALE) def. Carrie Beckman (ND-W) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5-7) 
5. Meghan Coleman (ND-W) def. Rhea Shrivastava (YALE) 6-4, 6-0 
6. Maria Olivia Castedo (ND-W) def. Vivian Cheng (YALE) 6-2, 7-5 

Doubles competition 

1. Page Freeman/Meghan Coleman (ND-W) def. Jessie Gong/Chelsea Kung (YALE) 6-4 
2. Kathy Wang/Caroline Dunleavy (YALE) def. Carrie Beckman/Julia Andreach (ND-W) 7-5 
3. Nibedita Ghosh/Maria Olivia Castedo (ND-W) def. Mirabelle Brettkelly/Rhea Shrivastava (YALE) 6-1

The nightcap saw the Irish earn a 5-2 victory over NIU. Notre Dame swept the doubles point as Freeman and Coleman combined for a 7-5 win at No. 1. Andreach and Yashna Yellayi took No. 2, and Castedo and Ghosh combined for the win at No. 3, each by a 6-1 margin.

Castedo, Yellayi, Carrie Beckman and Katherine Bellia all earned straight-set victories to take the match. 

Notre Dame Fighting Irish 5, Northern Illinois 2 

Singles competition 

1. Maria Olivia Castedo (ND-W) def. Diana Lukyanova (NIU) 7-6, 6-3 
2. Yashna Yellayi (ND-W) def. Erika Dimitriev (NIU) 6-1, 6-2 
3. Carrie Beckman (ND-W) def. Anastasia Rakita (NIU) 6-1, 6-4 
4. Reagan Welch (NIU) def. Maeve Koscielski (ND-W) 6-2, 7-6 
5. Katherine Bellia (ND-W) def. Angelica Ross (NIU) 6-4, 6-2 
6. Christy Robinson (NIU) def. Sydney Sforzo (ND-W) 1-6, 6-0, 6-1 

Doubles competition 

1. Page Freeman/Meghan Coleman (ND-W) def. Erika Dimitriev/Anastasia Rakita (NIU) 7-5 
2. Julia Andreach/Yashna Yellayi (ND-W) def. Diana Lukyanova/Reagan Welch (NIU) 6-1 
3. Maria Olivia Castedo/Nibedita Ghosh (ND-W) def. Angelica Ross/Fernanda Naves (NIU) 6-1

The Irish are back in action this Friday as they take on Purdue at the Eck Tennis Pavilion at 4 p.m.

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